How to Properly Check Your Tire Pressure

Have you noticed bad gas milage, constant wear and tear on the tread of you car tires, and less traction when you go around shart turns? Well then it's time for you to check the air pressure for your car's tires.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Tire pressure gauge

1. 
    

   Stop at your local gas station and pull over to the area that has the water and air for $.50 cents. By the way what a rip off price!

2. Check your car's owners manual for the correct tire psi amount . Normally it will be in the 32psi to 40psi range.

3. 
    

   Now unscrew all your valve stem caps to your tires so you can swiftly put air into all four tires before your time runs up and you have to pay another damn $.50 cents.

4. For each tire insert the air pump nozzle over the valve stem and allow the air pressure to go in until you see on the pressure gauge the right amount of psi as been met.

5. After filling all four tires make sure to put back on the valve stem covers and then you are set to go!

Tips & Warnings

• Always check your car's owners manual for the proper tire psi.
• Never over fill your tires with air pressure, as they can explode.

[jbonk]

on 2/23/2009 Just an additional tip, try to purchase a digital tire pressure gauge. My father, an automotive instructor recently did a comparison of 10 different gauges and found that even the high-end analog models were up to 8lbs off. Every digital model (including the $3.99 key chain model) was within 1/10 of the correct pressure.

[Surfiro]

on 3/14/2007 In Singapore, the water and air from the petrol kiosk are free but the petrol is expensive!